Meat-holder.



No. 864,729. PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

- L.'GARM.

MEAT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.9, 1907.

W/T/VESSES [NVE/VTOR I l By PATENT OFFICE.

' LOUIS GARM, OF REDOLIFF, COLORADO.

MEAT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed A ril 9,19 7- i l No. 367,197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS GARM, a citizen of the United States, residingat Redcliff, in the county of Eagle and State of Colorado, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Meat-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

h'ly invention pertains to meat holders; and it contemplates theprovision of a meat holder embodying such a construction that a hamafter being boiled in the holder is given a perfectly smooth andpresentable exterior and is much more inviting than when wrapped withtwine and is consequently more marketable. This will be betterappreciated when it is noted that a ham wrapped with twine and boiled inthe ordinary manner is always cracked or split to a greater or lessextent on the surface subsequent to boiling, and consequently it al'f'ords lodgment for dust and dirt in packing,

shipping and handling with the result that when the ham reaches theconsumer it is in an unpresentable state and therefore does not commanda price commensurate with its real value.

The meat holder is designed to form part of an apparatus comprising apressure-exerting member, and for the sake of clearness I will describethe apparatus as a whole.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specificationFigure 1 is a perspective view of the pressure-exerting member of theapparatus. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of said member. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation oi' the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating themeat-holding member of the apparatus as open. Fig. 5 is an end elevationoi said meat-holding member. Fig. (i is a plan view of the same. Fig. 7is an. end elevation illustrating the pressure-exerting member as openand the meat-holding member properly positioned therein. Fig. 8 is asimilar view showing the pressure-exerting member 01 the apparatusclosed. 7

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A. is the pressure-exerting member of the apparatus, the said memberbeing shown separately in Figs. 1 2 and 3, and B is the meat-holdingmember of the apparatus which is shown separately in Figs. 4, 5 and 6.

The preassure-exerting member A is made up of a base a, a fixed standardI; rising therefrom, a screw 0 bearing in a nut or the like (not shown)fixed with respect to the base a and having a head (I at its outer endand a crank c thereon, a movable standard f in which the screw isjournaled and which is movable rectilinearly with the screw, clampingjaws g and h, of semi-circular iorin shown or any other suitable form incrosssection, and reinforcements i hinged at k to the standards I) andf. The jaws g and h are hinged together at the bottom, and thereinforcements i are also hinged together at the bottom as best shown inFigs. 2 and 7.

i In addition to the elements mentioned the pressureexerting member Acomprises guide rods Z which are fixed to the movable standard f and aremovable-in guide apertures through the base a, and have for their officeto lend strength and regularity of motion to the standard f.

It Will be apparent from the foregoing that when the crank c is turnedin one direction, the moving parts of the member A will be moved fromthe position shown in Fig. 2 to the positions shown in Fig. '7, whilewhen said crank is turned in the opposite direction the ineving partswill be moved from the positions shown in Fig. 7 to those shown in Fig.2.

The meat holder or meat-holding member 13 of the apparatus comprises twobody sections in and n, pref} erably oi semi-circular form incross-section, hinged together along their lower longitudinal edges asindicated by p, semi-circular heads 1' fixed to and carried by thesection it, circular heads 3 fixed to and carried by the section in andmovable at the inner sides oi the heads r with a View of preventingleakage of meat from the ends of the holding member, a tongue 15 hingedat it to the free edge of the body member m and designed after themember B is filled with meat to be pressed down so as to enter thesection n and thereby prevent leakage of meat from the top of theholding member when said member is subjected to pressure, bands 11 studsto at points adjacent to the free edge of said section, bands at fixedto the outer side of the body section in and hinged to the bands '1) andhaving free end portions y, best shown in Fig. 5, and hasps z hinged tothe ends of the band portiens'y and curved in the direction of theirlength and having apertures at intervals in their length, Fig. G, for apurpose presently set forth. The free portions y of the bands a" aredesigned when the holding member 13 is closed and the hasps z are placedin engagement with the studs w, to be put under tension so as to allowsome expansion and at the same time draw the free edges of the bodysections in and n tightly together. In their sides the members in and nare provided with slots or other suitable apertures a, Figs. 4 and 6,through which the contents of the holding member 13 may be tested duringthe cooking thereof.

In thepractical use of my apparatus, the holding member B is filled withmeat, and is closed to as great an extent as possible by hand; thetongue :5 being positioned to enter under the free edge of the bodysection a so as to serve the purpose hereinbefore ascribed to saidtongue. After the member B is filled with meat and. closed by hand asstated, the member B is placed between the jaws of the pressure exertingmember A, after the manner shown inFig. 7, and the screw and to theextent desired, and the hasps z are placed in engagement with the studs10. With this done, the

fixed to the outer side of the body section it and having 0 is turned topress the member 13 between the jaws of said embodiment.

understood as confining myself to-the said specific con- .nember A isopened, and the meat-holding member B is removed from said member A andis placed in a steamer or boiler to cook the meat, and subsequent to thesaid cooking the member B is removed and permitted to stand until themeat is cool, and then is opened by disengaging the hasps from theircomplementary studs, when, as will be readily apparent, the meat may beremoved with facility from the holding member. It will also be apparentthat when the meat is removed as stated it is in the form oi a compactcylindrical body having a smooth and attractive exterior, and that inthe use of the meat there is no waste inasmuch as the first slice takentherefrom is full size and smooth. The advantage of this will beappreciated when it is remembered that when a ham is cooked in theordinary way the end of the ham that is usually cut is jagged and aportion has to be cut off and wasted belore slices are taken from theham for Consumption.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts comprised in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a definite understanding Ido not desire, however, to be s truction and relative arrangement ofparts as it is obvious that in practice such changes or modificationsmay be made as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as definedin the claims appended.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

1. A meat holder for the purpose described, comprising body sections ofsemicircular form in cross section hinged together along two of theirlongitudinal edges; one of the said body sections having semi-circularheads at its ends. and the other having circular heads at its endslapped with the heads of the first mentioned section, a tongue hinged tothe free edge of one body section and arranged to be positioned withinthe free edge oi the other body section, and means for detachablyfastening the body sections in their closed positions.

A meat holder for the purpose described, comprising body sections ofsemicircular form in crosssection hinged together along two of theirlongitudinal edges; one of the said body sections having semi-circularheads at its ends, and the other having circular heads at its endslapped with the heads of the first mentioned section, a tongue hinged tothe free edge of one body section and arranged to be positioned withinthe free edge of the other body section, bands connected to the outerside of one body section and having portions that are free from saidbody section, hasps hinged to said free portions of the band, and meanson the other body section for cooperating with the hasps in detachablyfastening the body sections in their closed positions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LOUIS GARM.

Witnesses:

Gno. E ROWLAND, Srnwira'r CoLLINs.

